/**
 * Funf: Open Sensing Framework
 * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Nadav Aharony, Wei Pan, Alex Pentland. 
 * Acknowledgments: Alan Gardner
 * Contact: nadav@media.mit.edu
 * 
 * This file is part of Funf.
 * 
 * Funf is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as 
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of 
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version. 
 * 
 * Funf is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  
 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 
 * License along with Funf. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package edu.mit.media.funf.storage;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.HttpException;

import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException;

public interface RemoteArchive {

  /**
   * Add a file to the RemoteArchive.
   * 
   * Exception-like approach is definitely not the most abstract... it's better to change it in the future 
   * 
   * @param file a file to add
   * @throws SQLiteException when there was a problem with reading data from the SQLite files
   * @throws IOException when there was a problem with communication with the server 
   * @throws HttpException when there was a problem processing data on the server after the successful upload
   */
	public void add(File file) throws SQLiteException, IOException, HttpException;
	
	/**
	 * Provides the ID for this remote archive.
	 * @return id
	 */
	public String getId();
}
